West Sole Gas Fields
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Summary Information
- Operator: Perenco
- Country: UK
- Location: Southern North Sea
- Production start: 1967
- Partners:
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The group includes West Sole, Hyde (048/06), Hoton (048/07b) and Newsham (048/07) gas fields
- The West Sole development includes 5 platforms, WA Main Platform, WAP Platform & WAS Platform are manned whilst WB Platform & WC Platform are unmanned
- Hyde uses a single small steel unmanned platform
- The Seven Seas Gas Field is a subsea tie back to West Sole Alpha
- Hoton includes a Normally Unmanned Installation (NUI) which exports gas unprocessed to Easington through a 11.7km, 8" tie back to the 24" West Sole export gas pipeline
- Gas is sent to be processed at the Easington Gas Processing Terminal
Contractors
- FoundOcean: Grouting for West Sole WA & WB
- Saipem: Hyde production platform T&I
History
- 1967 - Government approval granted for the development
- 1992 - Hyde development approved
- 1993 - Hyde platform installed
- 1995 - Newsham development approved
- 2001 - Hoton development approved
- 2012 - Perenco acquired the fields from BP
Geology
Links
- UK Oil and Gas Fields by Approval Date
- List Of Oil and Gas Production Platforms In The UK
- FoundOcean Subsea References
- Saipem Europe Fixed Offshore Production Facilities Project R
- Licence P 001 - Licence Having Effect Under The Petroleum Act 1998
- BP Agrees Sale of Southern Gas Assets to Perenco
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